Methods for Automatic Groove Identificatoin in 3D Bullet Land Scans

Kiegan Rice

Methods for Automatic Groove Identification
in 3D Bullet Land Scans








Kiegan Rice
Iowa State University
August 2nd, 2018

Background: Statistics Applied to Forensic Science

Background: Bullet Lands

 

Background: Collection of Land Data

Background: Land Surface

Background: Importance of Groove Removal

Background: Importance of Groove Removal

Shortcomings of Current Methods

Robust LOESS

Groove Identification Process

Comparing two automated approaches

Comparing two automated approaches

 

Impact for Forensic Analysts

Impact for Forensic Analysts

Acknowledgments